Editing Nobilis Hydrach:Gillian Fortune (section)

==History==
In ''Thrice 'Round the Oak Tree'', Jill and her brother Robert found themselves in the Seven Lands by passing three times clockwise 'round the eponymous oak tree located on the estate owned by their uncle. They saved the Seven Lands (which resembled an idealized pastoral England of meadows, forests and seashores) from the threat from the Grey Witch with the help of the Grey Witch's own sister, the benevolent Green Witch, also known as the Summer Lady. In the sequel, ''Time and the Oak Tree'', they met their uncle as a boy. The following three books had them defeat the other witch sisters. At the end of the last of the books, only the Blue Witch remained unvanquished. (The Blue Witch remains at large to this day. Though as a Noble, Jill could defeat her with ease, Jill likes having a villain around to vanquish from time to time.) At the end of the last book, the Green Witch passed into the spirit of the Seven Lands themselves. 

Though an actual girl named Holly Emerson (now a quite elderly chain smoker, who still manages to retain her sharp wit) provided the inspiration for the character of Jill's Ymera Imperator passed her over in favor of the fictional creation. Jill came into the world with little in the way of a past other than that directly stated in the books and a personality limited by the imagination of her author. As much as she could, she clings to the simple morality of her historical period and genre. 

Among other personal faults, she finds it difficult to make true friends.